Lot #: 322
Price Realized: $345.00
($300 hammer, plus 15% buyer's premium)
PLEASE NOTE: This result is 9 years old, and the American ceramics market frequently changes. Additionally, small nuances of color, condition, shape, etc. can mean huge differences in price. If you're interested in having us sell a similar item for you, please contact us here.
Three-Gallon Stoneware Jug with Cobalt Chicken Pecking Corn Decoration, Stamped "HAXSTUN & CO. / FORT EDWARD, N.Y.," circa 1875, cylindrical crock with semi-rounded rim and applied lug handles, decorated with a slip-trailed design of a heavily-detailed chicken pecking kernels of corn from a stylized ground. Cobalt highlights to maker's mark and capacity mark. Long T-shaped hairline and a second long very faint line on reverse. Minor chips on interior of rim. Minor nicks to one handle. Spots of staining. Tight Y-shaped crack on underside, continuing onto base, where it forms a second Y.
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